My Valentine.

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First time posting, though I'm no stranger to crafting. I have my own etsy shop and may soon be adding some handmade cards to my selection.

I just finished the valentine for my soon-to-be-husband and figured I would share it. I use balsa and bass wood sheets and old children's books to make my cards. This one it my new favorite. I used the tutorial from http://gluegunannie.com/ to make the envelope lining.

(  Balsa and paper makes a pretty valentine... )

Put me on display

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I tell you what, setting up a table is long and tiresome work.
I'm a lazy person.

Rather than spending ten to fifteen minutes setting up a table, and then spending about the same (or longer) breaking it down, I made things much simpler by building something to display my jewelry on. It didn't cost me much: a total of less than $8.00 and it holds my necklaces, bracelets and earrings.


the old way. Lots of display boxes. How annoying.

( the new way )

If anyone is curious...

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I was participating as a vendor in an anime convention this past weekend and I made some "kimonos".
I hope this link works. I linked to my lj because it is easier than cutting and pasting all the
images again.
http://users.livejournal.com/_delicateterror/277087.html#cutid1

Ninjas! Corporate Zombies!

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( More pictures! )

Manly Crafts?

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What would you consider a "Manly" craft?

I am a crafter, work with others that makes things to sell to handmade fans. There seems to be a lack of what you would categorize as "manly". I feel we are leaving the dudes out but I am at a loss to what a guy would actually want to buy that would be handmade. Maybe this would be a lady buying a manly item for their guy so it would be a good "boyfriend" gift.

This question was brought to me by a co-worker (male) If you were a guy, what do you want to buy that is handmade? Any clues? Suggestions? Something you would like to see at a craft fair instead of all the scarfs and jewelry?

My ideas so far:
Wallets (the typical)
Bike related (shirts?)
Mustache related (mugs, glasses, pins?)

Also on a side note. I found this awesome blog that might give me some insight. http://artofmanliness.com/

what craft item have you made for a guy as a gift?

and now discuss!

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I don't have a job, so I've been doing a lot of crafty things lately out of pure boredom. Here they are. Nothing fancy, really, cause I'm not that good. Clickable thumbnails to save space.

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Thanks for viewing!

Liquid Polymer Clay

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I am one of those omnivorous crafters who has to try everything. While not every craft sticks as an ongoing involvement/obsession/bitter love affair, I do try to get in depth with everything. Lately polymer clay has been my dark mistress, and I have decided to get more involved with it. I picked up some Pearlex powder, and some TLS. Something is not clicking with the TLS and me. I haven't tried the transfers yet, but I have attempted the enameling and the stained glass effect. My problem with this is that I cannot get a high gloss finish with it. I can't get any gloss finish at all. It's more of a matte-ish satin finish if anything. What am I doing wrong, eljay? I have tried wet-sanding and buffing to no avail. Am I just not buffing enough? Any good suggestions for better buffing material than a dry washcloth? I don't have a rock tumbler, otherwise I would try the sandpaper technique that I've seen described.

So this isn't all text, here is a link to my first round of efforts in Sculpey.

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With Valentine's Day coming at us fast, I got busy and made some cards. Here are just three that I made. ( cards here )

V-Day Craft: Kite Girl Matchbook Notebooks (Downloadable Template Available)

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Gifts for my roommates. Little sets of matchbook notebooks, featuring a design that I drew on Illustrator. A FREE, downloadable .pdf template featuring the design of a girl flying a kite is available on my blog, if you'd like to make your own valentine notebooks. The link is at the end of my most recent post. [Mods: I don't have a store and am not selling anything, but let me know if linking to my template like this is not ok and I'll modify this post].



( click to see closeups of the design, matching cards, and envelopes )

Hey

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I'm new here! 

I've been into crafts since i was little but never really did anything that was like...worth keeping or something like that, and recently ive been getting back into the whole crafting thing, i do textiles and art in college aswell so its all gonna be good.

baiscally i have found the cutest little shells ever, but i just dont know what to do with them! i thought some of you may have some idea's, picture of them under the cut! 

 

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Vellum Question

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Okay, so I got the idea from a fellow crafter on here to do one of those 52 Reason Why I Love You things with a deck of cards. It's for my hubby for Valentines Day.

My problem is that I printed everything on vellum from a laser printer and all I have is fabric glue, elmers and mod podge to glue it to these cards. I used mod podge and the first two I did turned out fine, but they wrinkled/rolled a lot but I got them straitened out enough. The third one I did had some of the lettering peal/come off the vellum (I am using a metal plate on top of it to keep the vellum from curling and to keep the card flat).

I was wondering if there was a better way to glue the vellum to the cards without loosing my letters? I don't have a spare deck or a lot of spare time on the chance that this happens again. Thanks!

i need a camera bag :-)

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so i got this new camera (YAY!).....



it's so awesome....anyhoo i didn't buy a case for it when i bought the camera.....sooooooo i was wondering if ya'll had suggestions as to making a case for it....

i just wanted something basic as far as the design.....what i wanted was more suggestions on what kind of material to use....i need it somewhat "weatherproof".....something that won't let in too much heat/light.....and, it's not like i would go out in the rain with it, but something somewhat waterproof....and definantly something easy to carry/open..... 

thanks for your ideas!

They're tiny, they're...

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...all a little loony...

( I've become a Mad (TINY TOP)Hatter!! )

(INSPIRED BY ANOTHER CRAFTGRRL, this next... I don't remember who you are, though!!):
Also, my friend's mom has begun setting up an "every holiday tree" in their house, the Valentines Day version of which inspired me greatly upon my last visit over there... ( and so I've also made them THIS! )

:D

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SO I have this phone. The Kyocera TNT.



It is small, cheap, and ugly. I want to put designs on it since they don't make faceplates for it. Particularly intricate swirl type things.

My question is this however. Its got some sort of weird "soft touch" texture on it's cover. I'm not really sure how to explain it. It feels like it would be squishy under my fingernails if only it was layered a bit thicker. But its not squishy, there's no padding, its just...soft. It almost feels like fun-foam or a flip flop shoe.

And just like fun foam, I expect that anything I try to stick to it will just peel right back off again. What can I use to put designs on this weird texture that wont rub or peel off?

I prefer not to make a cover for the phone. I'd rather just do the craft right to the phone itself, so any suggestions you may have, excluding "make a cover for it" would be greatly appriciated. Thank you craft grrls! =)